Steve Martin Net Worth

Steve Martin Net Worth is$110 Million

Steve Martin Bio/Wiki 2018

“I composed a novel this year called “Shop Girl”, and several producers came to me and needed to turn it into a film. And I said, “If you believe you are going to take this novel and change it around, and Hollywoodize it and alter the end… That is going to cost you.” He’s married to Anne Stringfield. Yet the couple is so secret about his private life that even the sex and name of the infant is kept undisclosed — Steve Martin. Then he got entry in the California State University where he got his degree in Philosophy. To cater more customers the American actor used to perform various magic tricks at the store.

Steve Martin Net Worth $110 Million

This in turn opened doors for him at a magic store in Fantasyland in 1960. The in was mentored by Wally Boag and he shortly became a master in magic tricks. The in also had a girlfriend, Nina Goldbatt who helped Martin to come in touch with Mason Williams. He was a guest in the well-known, The Tonight Show. The in did various worldwide tours and excursions which acquired him more popularity and cash. The in was ranked 6th in the top 100 list of best stand-up comedians by Comedy Central.

Steve Martin possesses a munificent and a grand villa in the hills of Caribbean Sea in the area referred to as Villa Au Soleil that’s well-known to place wealthy and well-known stars of the millennium. Built in a colonial design, the house features 4 bedrooms, open living space, a dining room that’s also constructed in colonial design. The house also has two grade swimming pools in the outdoor region with several sun patios, lush green gardens. Each room is constructed in a way it offers a sea view. Martin once said, “St Barts is among the best spots on earth, myself and my family have had a fabulous few years at the villa. The perspectives are second to none, and the sun deck, patios and swimming pool have been a great escape in the future and relax between filming. We are going to be sad to say good-bye.” Martin possesses the house since the year 2008. This house has functioned both his goal of relaxing in addition to working. Martin also works on his various avocations here, like bluegrass music, stage writing.

Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes is among the leading organizations serving for the type1 diabetes. It directs various researches in treating type 1 diabetes along with takes good care of the kids and adults struggling with type1 diabetes. Steve Martin is an actual follower of the organization as it supplies state of art facilities and contains enormous resources, clinical research going on and numerous scientists working day and night to control this disorder. It’s supplied its help to 80% kids in Colorado who happen to be suffering from this grotesque disorder.

Children’s Health Fund was began by Irwin Redlener (pediatrician and child promoter and MD) and Paul Simon (vocalist and songwriter) in the year 1987. This organization aims at supplying extensive health care facilities to the kids who have problems with malnutrition and people who do not have enough resources to get proper elementary health facilities. Steve Martin along with this association works to ensure that every single person has use of the fundamental health care facilities. Various concerts happen to be organized and the cash accumulated by those occasions to given to the charity.

Starkey Hearing Foundation is the leader worldwide giving individuals the gift of hearing. It works to encourage hearing in those unfortunate people who have hearing disorders. It’s supplied hearing aids to 50,000 individuals and above over 86 nations throughout the world. He had the vision of making the entire world effective at hearing. The foundation has self sustaining resources. In addition, it educates and raises awareness among individuals of earth. It’s given out 305,420 hearing aids to help the needy across the world.

Tony Award for Best Original Score, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Prim...

Movies

The Jerk, Roxanne, Bowfinger, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, L.A. Story, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, ¡Three Amigos!, The Pink Panther, Father of the Bride, All of Me, The Man with Two Brains, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Parenthood, Housesitter, Shopgirl, Little Shop of Horrors, Bringing Down the House...

TV Shows

The Tracey Ullman Show, The Ken Berry "Wow" Show, Off to See the Wizard, Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America, Biography, Van Dyke and Company, The Ray Stevens Show, Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills, Domestic Life, The Smothers Brothers Show (1975)

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Trademark

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Prematurely white hair

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(During his stand-up comedy days) His catchphrase was that he would sarcastically say, "Well, excuse ME!" or comedically gyrate with, "Who-oh-oh-oh-oh!"

I was in London in the early '80s and I did the Parkinson (1971) show. I got a call from Stanley Kubrick, who said he'd like to meet me. I went up to his house and I was overwhelmed. I had only done one movie, The Jerk (1979). He was very complimentary and he had seen me on Parkinson's show. He viewed his serious movies as comedies. So we played chess and he showed me around his store rooms where he had these huge rooms of open files of - I don't know how to describe them - like library stacks. He had screening rooms, too, where he reviewed every print. This was 1980 and he was still reviewing prints of 2001, before they'd go out. Every print. One thing that struck me, he had files of press reviews marked "Favorable" or "Hostile". But he was very, very nice.

[Uncut magazine "An Audience With... Steve Martin" May 2013] There's a rumor that I'm a big fan of Doctor Who (1963), but I don't even know who Doctor Who (1963) is! That's one of those internet things. It's on some website that collects data on celebrities, it's just one of those things someone posted that's completely in error. I don't know. What is Doctor Who (1963)? I don't know a thing about it, but I'll be a fan if it'll help me in any way.

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When I first started, I really decided to be a comedian, so I underplayed the banjo. I didn't want it to be a music show, I wanted it to be a comedy show. I subordinated the banjo and the music because I didn't have anybody to play with. It was just me. And music always sounds better when you've got some other people.

I've learned through the years that offstage chemistry has absolutely no bearing with onstage or on-film chemistry.

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[on Lorne Michaels] Lorne is the kind of power producer who can get things done with simply a phone call. Especially pedicures.

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I always felt there was a deeper meaning to what I was doing than just being wild and crazy, something more philosophical. I had a view that there was something funny about trying to be funny. I needed a theory behind it in order to justify it at the time, but now I don't. I see it for what it was. It was just fun, and it was stupid, and that's why it was so successful.

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[to Alec Baldwin when same-sex weddings were legalized in New York] Alec! Now we can get married! (Baldwin's response: 'Okay, but if you play that effing banjo after eleven o'clock...')

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[on playing banjo with the Steep Canyon Rangers] This is an accident. And, by the way, when I say comedy was a means of getting myself into film, that was an accident too.

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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

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I loved doing Pennies from Heaven (1981). Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.

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I wish I could do a lot of things different. I'm not going to tell you what they are, but if I had a list of all my films right now, I'd go, "Okay, I'll cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out." Really. But I've made over 40 films. How can I not have some losers in there?

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In Bowfinger (1999), there's a scene where Eddie Murphy has to run across a freeway. The studio people all said, "We've got to cut this. It's too expensive". I said, "You can't cut the funniest scene in the movie! We're making a comedy - if you cut the funniest scene what are we making?" And it did turn out to be the funniest scene.

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These Pink Panther movies are a great opportunity to use my physical chops. And I love doing that stuff. These zany or extreme movies are hard to find. I did one in the 90s, Bowfinger (1999), which was attempting to do that. But it's difficult to come up with something to justify the slapstick. I'm lucky I found this series. Because in what other film would I be able to fall down a chimney or jog on top of a spinning globe? I can't imagine it.

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There's a big difference between the National Book Awards and the Academy Awards. At the Academy Awards you can feel the greed and envy and ego. Whereas the National Book Awards are in New York.

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What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats . . . or skinny.

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I've written a lot about L.A., and I always describe it as beautiful. To me, human relationships can be sad, can be exhilarating - but it's not a product of the city. And it takes different forms. Like, in New York, you're always with people. You can't go outdoors, you can't go into the subway, you can't go anywhere without running into people you don't know. But in L.A., you really have to work a bit to be exposed. You have to be standing in a shop, you have to join a club, or join a community service thing, or go to a nightclub in order to meet people. Because there's not the same transitory proximity to other people.

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I lost 20 pounds - actually, I lost 25 pounds, but then I gained 5 back because I was too skinny. I didn't change what I ate, I just started eating smaller portions. And I cut out bread - that's the real killer, because I was reaching in and eating half a loaf before dinner arrived. All you have to do is that, and then you can drink all you want.

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Comedians don't get Oscars, so I gave up on that a long time ago. And I can't really speak about the Oscar-worthiness of my own performance.

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[upon receiving a particularly unremarkable award] When I first found out that I was going to win this award, I tried really hard - to care. And then I realized; we are all here tonight, because of a common love: me.

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[From People Magazine, 5/20/03, in which he was listed as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World] It's very hard being one of the most beautiful people. Having this kind of beauty is actually a burden. Sometimes I go to a party and not one of the other 49 most beautiful people is there. That makes me feel very solitary and alone, because it means I am the most beautiful person in the room. If I'm going to a party where I know there will be "less-beautiful people," I try to "dress down" in order to hide my beauty. But this seems to have a counter-effect of actually making me more beautiful. I guess me and dungarees are a pretty potent combination. I try not to lord my beauty over others. This is very hard. I try not to mention that I am one of the most beautiful people, but somehow it always comes out. I will usually only bring it up when I'm asked to do a task, like open a garage door. People seem to enjoy my beauty and are genuinely happy for me, because after I mention it they always say, "How nice for you."

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I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you are an idiot.

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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

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All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.

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I wrote a novel this year called "Shop Girl", and several producers came to me and wanted to turn it into a movie. And I said, "If you think you're going to take this book and change it around, and Hollywoodize it and change the ending . . . that's going to cost you."

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[while hosting The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001)] And now, I'm pleased to introduce the star of the film Gladiator (2000), and a man I like to call a close, personal friend, but he told me not to . . .

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What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.

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I believe that sex is the most beautiful, natural, and wholesome thing that money can buy.

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Was considered for the role of Harry Sultenfuss in My Girl (1991), but was busy with the remake of Father of the Bride (1991) at the same time and was unable to take the part. The role was given instead to Dan Aykroyd.

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Favorite Horror movie is Black Christmas (1974). When he first met lead actress of the film, Olivia Hussey, he claimed he had seen it 27 times.

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Has stated the main factor when deciding which roles to play is if the script appeals to him, if it doesn't, he won't play the role.

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Became a father for the first time at age 67.

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Was romantically involved with, and at one point engaged to, Bernadette Peters, with whom he worked in several films in the 1970s and 80s.

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He has English, and small amounts of Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and German, ancestry.

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Was one of the first celebrities to pay tribute to Robin Williams (on his Twitter feed) and as such his tribute was featured in many news reports on Williams' death.

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His business card reads "This certifies that you have had a personal encounter with me, and that you found me warm, polite, intelligent, and funny.".

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Release of his book, "The Underpants: A Play by Carl Sternheim". [2002]

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Second novella, "The Pleasure of My Company," was published. [October 2003]

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Release of his children's book, "The Alphabet From A to Y: With Bonus Letter Z". [2007]

He was one of the victims of a gang of German art forgers, who made an estimated 16 million Euros. In 2004, Steve bought a counterfeit painting of the artist "Campendonk". Luckily, he sold the painting in 2006 before the forgeries were discovered.

Learned to play the banjo by playing LPs at 16rpm speed. This approach enabled him to more accurately pick the individual notes due to the halved playback LP speed.

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When Martin lived in his Manhattan apartment, his next door neighbor was Mary Steenburgen.

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Fan of Carl Ballantine. Presented him the Lifetime Achievement Fellowship from the Magic Castle in Hollywood in 2007.

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Has a dog named Wally.

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Attended Rancho Alamitos his freshman and sophomore years. He was the freshman class president, and a member of the cheer leading squad at Rancho where some of his zany comical routines were first tested out. When the school boundaries were shifted, they put him in Garden Grove high school attendance area. He graduated from Garden Grove High School in 1963.GGHS opened in 1921 and RAHS opened in 1957.

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Although many critics were disdainful of his overtly silly act early in his career, its postmodern nature was admired by avant garde filmmakers David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick, both of whom approached Martin to appear in ultimately unproduced comedy films.

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Co-wrote two songs with Martin Mull: "Men" appearing on the album "I'm Everyone That I Have Ever Loved" and "Westward Ho!" appearing on the album "Sex & Violins".

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Appeared on the college circuit in the 1970s with fellow musical comedian Martin Mull as "The Steve Martin Mull Show".

Told Terry Gross on her National Public Radio program "Fresh Air" that he smoked a fair amount of marijuana in the late 1960s until one night when he had a panic attack at a showing of the Mel Brooks movie The Producers (1967). After that, he never smoked pot again, and he believes that the negative experience saved him from the harder drug abuse and addiction that plagued so many of his colleagues during the next few decades.

Fell into depression for a couple of months when his good friend John Candy died.

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Lists British television (especially the comedies) as his biggest influence.

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Was on an episode of The Dating Game (1965) before he was famous in 1966. He won a date with an old friend named Marscha Walker, whom he had not seen in three years. He appeared on the show again the next year and won again. He wore the same shirt and jacket.

His performance as "Navin Johnson" in The Jerk (1979) is ranked #66 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

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Some sources state he is a fan of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (1963). However, in a 2013 interview in the UK's "Uncut" magazine, he revealed this was not true and he believed it had started as a false claim by someone on the internet.

Was listed as a potential nominee on both the 2004 and 2007 Razzie Award nominating ballots. He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Actor category for the films Bringing Down the House (2003) and Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), and in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his role in Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) on the 2004 ballot. He was suggested again three years later in the Worst Actor category on the 2007 ballot for his performance in The Pink Panther (2006), but he failed to receive any one of these nominations. He later ended up receiving his first Razzie nomination for The Pink Panther 2 (2009).

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At his insistence, the 1987-1988 season premiere of Saturday Night Live (1975) (hosted by Martin) went on, despite the fact that there hadn't been a dress rehearsal. There was a fire in a nearby studio and the cast and crew were evacuated from Rockefeller Center just before dress rehearsal was scheduled to begin.

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Is skilled with a rope or lasso and did his own rope work in ¡Three Amigos! (1986). He also plays the harmonica.

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Chosen as #6 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time

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Was voted Most Talented by his classmates at Garden Grove high school.

Contrary to popular belief, Martin was never a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live (1975). However, he holds the records for guest appearances (25) on the show (followed closely by Buck Henry), hosting (at 15 times, he sets the standard for the SNL "Five Timers Club"), and hosting in a single season (3). He is also the only person to have hosted a season premiere, a season finale, and a Christmas show. He was also scheduled to host for the ill-fated 1980-1981 season, but a writers strike prevented this.

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Graduated from Garden Grove High School in 1963. He attended Rancho Alamitos High School in the beginning of his high school career, but then high school attendance areas were changed, and he had to start going to Garden Grove. He was also a cheerleader at Rancho and often did his King Tut dance.

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Once had a job at Disneyland in the Magic Shop on Main Street, USA. He also worked for neighboring amusement park Knott's Berry Farm as a comedian in their "Birdcage Theatre". It was during these jobs that he honed his skills in live performance, such as improv comedy, banjo playing, juggling, and lassoing. It was at Knott's Berry Farm where he met his friend, Stormie Omartian.

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Studied philosophy at California State University at Long Beach, and for a while, considered becoming a philosophy professor instead of an actor-comedian. He periodically spoofed his philosophy studies in his 1970s stand-up act, such as comparing Philosophy with studying Geology: "If you're studying Geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but Philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life.".

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He is in the horn section of B.B. King's "In The Midnight Hour" music video.

Is an accomplished banjo player and appears playing the instrument in Earl Scruggs and Friends video for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," for which he won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance. This makes him rare in that he has won Grammies for both comedy and music.

performer: "The Ballad of the Three Amigos", "My Little Buttercup", "Blue Shadows"

The Man with Two Brains

1983

performer: "Under the Bamboo Tree" - uncredited

Pennies from Heaven

1981

"I'll Never Have to Dream Again" 1932, "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" 1933, "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" 1931 / performer: "Pennies from Heaven" 1936, "Yes, Yes!" 1931, "It's the Girl" 1931, "Let's Face the Music and Dance" 1936, "The Glory of Love" 1936 uncredited, "I Get a Kick Out of You" 1934 uncredited

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

1981

TV Special performer: "Theme from New York, New York", "Fit as a Fiddle" - uncredited